When Mary A Breed was born on 26 June 1847, in Saginaw, Saginaw, Michigan, United States, her father, Jared P. Breed, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Jane Manning, was 32. She married Cyrus B Dopp on 31 August 1865, in Van Buren, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1880, in Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Plover, Portage, Wisconsin, United States.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim that the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (Bedfordshire): topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) broad place’, typically a cultivated strip of land in an area of common land, from Middle English brede (Old English brǣdu ‘breadth’), or a habitational name from any of various minor places so named, for example Brede in Sussex, named from the same word with the sense ‘broad valley’.
Dutch: nickname for a well-built man, from breed ‘broad’.
History: The American bearers of the surname Breed are in many cases descended from Alan Breed, who came to Salem, MA, from England in 1629, and subsequently settled at Saugus, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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